South Bend News-Times, Volume 37, Number 55, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 24 February 1920 — Page 6
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RTJEJCRIPTTON RATE: Morntn and Erenlnr JMltloui. Flna-le Copy. -V; Fundar. 6c. Dellrered tj carrier I ft Soot Send and Mlahawaka 7 00 per year la adfanr or I5e bj ti tek. Momlnr and fnln fMlöont. dally loriodlna; frunday, kr mall and Inalde 15$ tnllea from Socfh Bend, 40c Mr month; TOc two Tnoatba; 3.V per month thereafter, or U 00 Pa jer Hi adrance, all otkftn by mall JS 00 per year or S0c per inoota. Catered at the Scats Bend pottoCW aa acoad clana tnalL ADVEP.TIBINO RATES: Aak tka adrertlalor department. Torelin Adrertnlr,? IprrnUtl?: CONE, tOHENZRN A WOObMAN 2TI Fifth At.. New Tork City, and T2 Adama BC. Cnlcago. Tbo Newa-Tlmea end ea Tora to keep lta adrrtlalnf eoJunvaa fre from fraudulent mlarepresentttlon. Any pertoa aafracded through patronage of any adertteyment la thl will confer a faror on tna management by rapordae' tkai acta eompletely. FEBRUARY 24. 1920.
THRIFT AGAINST WASTE. Thr in re.ported the ca.e of tho French wife of an Iowa soldier who sulftred a nervou collapse becaui? of htr horror at the waste she vltnesse d in the home of her husband. It it conceivable that a woman reared to practice the thrift that is ascribed to the Trench would be appalled at th abundance found In tho nverape American home, though to succumb to illntüH because of what ?he s.w would provide an extreme instance. Naturally one who rwis been taught to practice economy In the use of food and to permit nothing to go to wast finds much In American practices that might le reformed. Aa a people wo have produced In abundance fcnd naturally we have conaumed likewise. We have not felt the pinch that has forced the rople of other nations to restrict thernaeJves. The earliest kettlem became meat eaters because the forests were full of game and meat was eaBily obtainable. That practice has continued, though we have switohed lrom pame to the meat of domestic animals. However, the war gave us quite a shock In Ihat It taught us that our meat supply was limited. Unquestionably there could he greater frugality in tt average home. The Inalstent necessity for Ik restricted menu dcmbtleps would show many -WMtes that could be eliminated, but because dire clreum stance, haa not compelled such action, consumption on a feneroua standard, with attendant waarto. firtwi on. The time may come when the Amfflean household will be compelled to practice the frugality of the French, but since that time not arrived we maintain old habits and In nwmy instances waste what would furnish appetizing and nourishing meals for those more thrifty than on ra Ives.
RURAL CARRIERS PAY. Government economy appeals to most tax-payers Thla a hon Id not mean government stinginess, dolns wftherut, ncc.sary things or neglecting: to pay a fair -a?e for work d-one, any more than economy means yurstrrvony and deprivation to the intelligent house--wlf. TvTraterveir aiae-may be wrong with the postal serve, Jt la oertarnty handicap jed by under-pay. This Is true of carriers and clerks in the cities, and it is painfully true of the rural carriers. The Katlonai Mail Carriers' association is asking the senate post oftce and post roads committee for an increase in naj. with a minimum base of $1.920 par year. In view of the fact that rural carriers must furnish their own transportation over the long: routes which thy cover, a little less than $2,000 a year ioe not sound like an exorbitant minimum salaryMost of UxcTTi nosr relvo lesa pay than farm labor. TJxj TTjral mail carrier, like his fellow-worker in the dtv must keep the mail Koin through all weither. Rur! roads, in moft places, are better than thajy usd to be, but they are still bad enough t rrvako dtllvsry of the mall a tak of real endurance ami loyavlty to ervica. Tl work requires a high dearrae of ffTclejcy. But the general public takes alxxrt tut mueh intrert In paying1 a decent wa-e to it rtry esaentUl letter carriers as it does in th apiaries of its school teachers. As a result of low pay. th rural strrie ts actually tMreatened with dislntearrmtton. Capable, ambitious men arc leaving as Lmt f they can get into other Unas of work which eompsnenUe thm in proportion to their ability and flfbrt. Tn Irs search fer rUee to economize, let congress rmmber that true economy means efficiency, and ardency must be paid for.
WOMEN VOTERS THINKING. W rtat diatlnguisbea the L aguo of "Vomen Voters, which met In Chicago recently and formulated a platform. 1 that it i less busied with politics than with constructive ua:estions to improve the conditions of living. The women are not concerned with Kitting themselves elected o office. They are apparently not much concerned with who is elected io ny ofT.ce, if thy can obtain popular support for their program to reduce the cost of living and improve working conditions cf women In Industry. How long thay may be able to maintain this aloofnfM and preserve their ranks from party discord is problematic, but for the moment It promises to ?rv their purpose well. New movements h:ive usually sought fucccss by formation of new political partie to emblazon their platforms. Ususlly. also, such movement have failed. With one or two netnble txceptlons, the great hange in Am r'.ran life have been accomplished fhroujh the existing great political parties. "Women arc profiting by thi experience. Their own cause triumphal hen republicans and democrats enter4 eagtr comtvtitlon to espouaa It. They now hope
to stimulate similar competition eiually profitable to them. Tho Lear;uo of Women Voters is thinking. Consequently it has a mesaaare. It is probable that the organization will go farther in its proposals than mo( citizens will care to follow, but in presenting their platform free of partisan prejudices, women are certain of receiving for it respectful and unbiased consideration, outside the republican party a represented in the I'nited states senate, for Instance, as wltn'5 the league. demand for th? ratiflcatlon of the Pari treaty and League of Nations. without reservations.
NOT CARSON BUT KELLER DID IT. We owe an apology to Mayor Carton and to the Carson board of works and building commissioner. The responsibility, if any, for the nf-w signs going up. overhar.glng the sidewalks, belongs not to the Carson administration but to the Keller administration. We are confronted with amendments to the city ordinances dealing with the sign qustion, slipped through, it utmi, while we idept, back in th closing days of the Keller regime. Wherefore the "lid" is off and legally off. The down-town business men who believe in "signs." are creditable with that fact. They are not violating the law. ami as a acquence. it is the law that violates public policy rather than tho?e r.-ho take ndvantnge of. We have it from the building commissioner that revision of tho code are acain being made, calculated to put more teeth Into the code rather than to remove any more. As he explains It, the code as originally passed was more recommendatory than enforceable, and that the 1917 amendments didn't help it much. Accordingly we withdraw our comment, critical of the Carson administration with reference to this matter; ditto, also of the "sign histcrs." Legal license to run a saloon was poor public policy, back in the old days, but as long a. the law permitted it, and the law was compiled with, the people, at leapt indirectly the law-makers, could have no complaint. The responsibility rested upon th' lawmakers, and law-enforcement olliclals. The "sign" code as It stund-, is bad public policy, ugly in arpearance in too many cases, and at times, n distinct menace, but evidently the KHbT administration couldn't stand the "gaff" any longer, and with the cooperation of the common council, largely of the ame faith, threw up its hand. Apologies then, to Mayor Carson and his FCion. We are glad they have legal authority for some of the ill-pollcied things they do.
POPULARIZING THE NAVY. Interstate naval rivalry is the newest policy of the United States navy department. Efforts are being made to recruit crews native to the states for which various vessels of our new navy are namwl, these men JLo serve upon the ships representing their own states. The department has started with Tennessee, whero a recruiting campaign is bein.-s waged with a view to getting a complete personnel for the superdreadnaupht bearing the name of the Uig Tend state. Vessels now under construction ar. to be named for California, Colorado, Maryland, Washington, West Virginia, South Dakota, Indiana, Montana. North Carolina, Iowa and Massachusetts, and In racn of these state?, as the vessels near completion, recruiting campaigns will be conducted. The plan has possibilities of friendly rivalry that will add much to the interest in the United States navy as a whole. The gods of tho various units will be kept everlastingly 'on their toes" to beat the other fellow in maneuvers, in marksmanship, in sports and in general efliciency. We foresee an era of increased popularity for the navy if the plan works out according to prospectus.
The war department is unable to convince a Philadelphia man that he is dead and buried, even though he Is shown a picture of hU grave in France. That man must be real "sot" in his ways to dispute the proof.
The senate criticised the Faris conference severely because it took five months to frame the treaty. The senate has had that treaty now for seven months, and hasn't done anything about it yet.
An Alabama man who 'Is charged with having t-ix living wives wius arrested when he sought to marry a seventh. Not knowing when he had enough was his undoing.
It is estimated that a billion dollars will be spent for candy in the United States this year. That ought to sweeten the dispositions of the American people somewhat.
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TllHATY AM KNDM KXTS. (Indlanaixdls Nous.) In one of his rulings lst November when the Irer.ty was under consideration by the senate Vice 1'res't Marshall said that the complications in which the senatk found itself involved would never have arisen if the rules had provided that a two-thirds, and not a mere majority vote, should be necessary to carry a treaty amendment. There were some who did not s'e the point then who will see it clearly enough now. Forty democrats have, it has been said, bn pledged to support the Hitchcock reservation to article 10. Only nine more votes will bo needed to carry it, since nothing more than a majority is required. The situation thus created would be very rmbarrassing to the republicans who voted against tho reseratlon. Thoso, who favored the treaty would either have to vote a;:ainst it, or els veto for a reservation, as a part cf it, of which they disapprove and which they opposed. Under the pri?ent rules it is possible for a majority of the senate virtually to recast a treaty through the adoption of amendments or reservations, yet it takes a two-thirds vote to ratify. In nuch a cane the treaty to be ratified might have been nmrnded in the face of the most etermlned opposition of men whoso vote would be rece.ssary to Insure ratification. That, indeed, Is this case. The vlco president's notion was that If h twothirds vote was necessary to ratify a treaty, a twotnirds vote should be necessary for the adoption of amendments That certainly s ems to be the common sen?- view There Is, of course, no probability cf any change in th rules of the senate, certainly not while a treaty is pending, and such an important treaty ns thav now und-r consideration. But it does look ,n though there should be either a two-thirds . in both crises, or a majority vote In both case. f a majority vote may alter a treaty in a vital particular, such a vote should be enough to ratify it; or, to put the matter the othr way round, if a two-thirds vote is required for ratification, it ought to be te-iulred for amendments vitally affecting a treatv.
The Tower of Babel BY BILL ARMSTRONG
;.m; aki: thi: days. (Uy Guy J. Gilbert. Fort Waxne.) (Tune: "Old Black Joe.") Gon are the days. When sugar was f.ve cents; Gone are the days, We shopped with 50 pence: Gone from the earth. Yes, gone forcvermore Old H. C. I is sti l inclined to soar, soar, soar. Chorus: We're coning. We're coming. We hope they've hit the top; They soon will hear our voices calling, Stop, stop, stop. Gone are the days, When swinging doors were here; Gone are the days. Of ale and lager beer; Gone are the days. Of New Years r.opping cork; The groans and wails they come from Frisco to New York. Chorus: We're coming. We're coming The end is almost her, They c0on will luar our voices calling. More Ne ,ir Ilr i r!
POLITICAL NOTI'S. The tig thing in favor of Tom Marshall is he don't take himself too seriously.
Gen. Mgr. fmith of the Northern Indiana Co.. told the Kiwanis club the other dny that his company was buying car wheels today at an enormous increas- in price. If flat whe !r5 have increased so tremendously, whole wheels must lie out of sieht.
Ore thing we diseov ted in n tour of the Central Union t lphrr.e plant the othur day, is that I'd Bonds don work on the operating hoard himself and also, that the Central Union hr several otlur subscribers besides us.
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First Conductor: "Have you bought your new auto yet?" Second Conductor: "No. I can't Set thorn to move mo off the sr. Mary's line."
v uttli: moiii: o h.m. "I was naked and ye clothed me," sang the fashionably dressed soprano in an 'jually fashionable South Bend church. "Mr." snorted an old fashioned woman at one of the ushers, "she'd be a lot better off riuht now if she had my shawl around her."
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local iimirus. Tom Brandon writes from New York that they have just found out. down there that Lincoln is dead and that as soon as the diseov ry was made, tho banks were closed for the balance of the da v.
More Truth Than Poetry By James J. Montagua
c;roiiGi:. Things could hardly 1 pleasant for tho folk .n.ion; those present When the Father jf his Country was invited out to dine, If he growled. "Goo,! gracious madamdid thesj eggs come down m Adam? Human teeth wont donl that mutton! Whero d'ye ge: that awful wine? Call that coffee? I shan't risk it; take away those sodden biscuits, I have not a cow's digestion, like I had in early youth!" Which is how he would have, jnoken if his pledge was never broken. That, no matter what might happen, he would always tell the truth! If, at some affair or other, there appeared a loving mother. Asking George to note the beauties of her infant child. Did the old man mutter: "Maybe you seo merit in that baby, But tho pop-eyed little beggar has a face that drives me wild. Why, the red and wriggling creature hasn't got a handsome feature. Mouth's too big his cheeks are puffy, and his nose is nil awry." Did he talk like that, wo wonder! If he didn't, why in thunder Do men always keep insisting that he never told a lie? When the various electors from the more important sectors Came to offer him their homage -as all politicians do. Did he murmur. "Pray excuse me; I would rather you'd abuse me I cannot afford to traltie vith a lot of crooks like you. Though you may control the voters you're a parcel of garroters. I let bums like you s :port me? You must think that I am cracked!" Which is what he must have stated if he never deviated As folks tell me that he didn't from the realm of simple fact. Washington was twice elected died revered and much respected. Never by his word or conduct was he known to give offence. Fiction wasn't his addiction, but I'm firm in the conviction That he must have lied a little, like all gentlemen of senso!
flourishing enr if they control i tongue and temper. They may ex- ; pect promotion er favors if they arc de.servinj; in emploj nicnt. A child born on this day will bo quick, i forceful and enterprising, hut in
clined to quarrel. Its ambitious na. turn will assist to success.
WHAT'S IN A NAME
Facts about your name; its history; its menviing; whence it was derived; its significance; jour lucky day and lucky Jewel. HY MILDKKD MARSHALL.
Ready For Anything. Gen. Wood will not resign. Always an advocate of preparedness.
Slow to I'arn. Somo day It may occur to New York bankers that giving strange otlice boys a million dollars worth of bonds to take to the bank isn't exactly conservative business. (Copyright. 1920.)
LFILA. ; The original Leila must have been ! a "vamp"' it is distinctly a Moorish name in fact it is translated to mean "Moorish' and it was usually bestowed upon tho loveliest of the always beautiful Moorish maidens. In reallity, it Is generally supposed to be one of the feminine rames derived from the Uly. As the lily is ; the fairest of flowers, perhaps Leila,!
as me mosi oeaumui oi ner inoe. came thus to be used as a proper name. Etymologists are frankly puzzled by her origin, since it seems that only the Hebrew and Slavonic tongues give names, really taken from flowers. But however that may be. and tboiign the lily is as difficult to trace as the rose, it must still be contended that Leila had her origin in the pure wlrito chalice of the most fragrant of all flowers. Liiiola Gonzaga of Italy was perhaps one of lilynames which preceded Leila. There was a Lilias Buthven in Scotland in K.57. The Queen of Naples about whom the Scottbh ballad of "Itoswal and Lillian" was woven was named after the 1 i 1 -and, curiously enough, was called Cecelia by the Italians. Occasionally historians have
thought that Leila and Lillian, and
Lilias were only contractions of F.lizabeth, but there seems little to bear out this contention, so the lily must remain raison d'etre of all such names. Certainly its heritage
of beauty is well borne out by the j
lovely women who have claimed the name, among them Lillian Itussell. the most beautiful woman of the American stage, and Lily Langtry, famous Jersey Lily, and long the center of romance and gossip of two continents. Leila's talismanic gem is the ruby, the "elixir of life", which gives r . r i .
courage, ami iieeunm won. iiuim. and strength of purpose to its wear- j er. Friday js her lucky day and ' j hr lucky number. The lih signifying purity is her flower. j
Lord Byron said of Leila in !!) Oiiour": "H r eye's dark charm 'tw re vain to tell. But gaze on that of the gazelle, It will assist the fancy well: As larpe, as lanugishinply dark. But soul beamed forth in every spark That darted from beneath the lid. Bright as the ruby of Giamschid." (Copyright. 1C0.)
The Horoscope
Tfi:SIAY. IKIk 2. The astral operations for this day make for progressive and prosperous conditions in business, but call for cool conduct and slow judgment in order to reap the benefits proffered by the planetary agencies. These are splendidly disposed, and their benefices should not be defeated by sharp tongue or rah judgment incited by the tumultuous Mars, also In powerful operation. There wiif be opportunity for sudden advantageous chances or Jeurneyings. and those In employment may expect honors, favors or promotion. There is likely to be disappointment or worry in the household and in social and afl'ectional affairs. Those whose birthday it is hae tho opportunity for a suc.tssiul and
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Winter Coats About 65 good Winter Coats in good woolens. Well made elegant styles, half or full lined, good assortment of sizes for Misses, Wo mens and Stylish Stouts will be placed in this sale in three lots take advantage of this wonderful bargain. Our regular $19.75, $25.00 to $54.00. Choice at . $1 0.00, $1 5.00 and $20.00 Blouses Of Voiles, Batiste and Organdy. High or low necks in white and colors. Daintily trimmed with laces and embroider'. Others with cluster tucks. All sizes for Misses 1 4 to 1 8. Women's size 36 to 46. Specially priced $ 1 .95
Women's Navy Serge Suits $16.75 Made of Part Cotton Serge. Elegant for service and color. Well made and all lined with Soh Satin. All sizes 36 to 46, and stout sizes 43 to 49. Wonderful suit for a little money. Specially priced $16.75 Women's Suits for $35.00 M isses ana Wo men s Made of fine all wool serge, all silk lined, new spring models, also a few of our high class Winter Suits in this lot. Many worth to $75.00. Look this lot over vou mav find vour size. Wonderful Bargains at $35.00
$3.50 and $3.95 striped tool Challie and plain Grey Flannel Waists. All sizes 36 to 44. Extra Special . .$2.39 A Few of Our Delightful Bargains from Our February Clearing Sale Lethotex Coats, 36 inches long, with convertible collar $19.50 Wool Jersey and Serge Dresses, good assortment of sizes and color. . . .$18.95 Women's Dresses, extra special at $35.00 Misses' Gingham Dresses $5.00 Georgette and Silk Blouses, choice $7.85 Skirts, specially priced at $8.75 and $12.75 Wool Jersey Smocks $17.50 Women's Coverall Aprons at Women's Coverall Aprons at $1.19 Gingham House Dresses, specially priced at $2.59 Corduroy Bath Robes, choice Jap Crepe Kimonos 3.9 Women's Sateen Bloomers $U9 Pink Batiste Bloomers 59c Elastic Top Corsets $1.59 Bandeaux Special 50c Women's Flannelette Pajamas $2.79 Women's Flannelette Gowns Girls Flannelette Gowns $1.39 Trunks
Our Complete line of Indestructo and N. V. P. Dress and ardrobe Trunks is worth seeing. Prices ranging from $1 3.50
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Tourist Trunk 30 in. Fibre covered veneer. Heavy hardware. Special $13.50 N V P Wardrobe Trunk. Full size. Made for hard usage. Cretonne lined. $50.00 and $55.00 Values. Open top for $40.00. Closed top $37.50 Indestructo Wardrobe trunk. De Luxe model. Full size with all the latest improvements in the high class wardrobes at . $1 20 Other Indestructo models at .$72.50, $75, $78.50, $85, $90
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